Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 20, 1995, 25th Anniversary Edition, Page 8B, Image 8

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EARTH DAY
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Many stores are choosing hemp as an alternative use to fabric. Ned
Cummings, from Dread Threads, makes handmade shoes, hackey
seeks and begs from hemp He also has a booth at Saturday Market
HISTORY
Continued from Page TB
than they were 20 years ago
Nineteen years after Earth Day.
we are still a throwaway society
Somehow, we need to grab the
public consciousness, and we
need to grab our political leaders
and say. 'These things are seri
ous .**
Hayes is now chairman of the
board of Green Seal, an organi
zation that educates consumers
about products, and co-chairman
of the Coalition for Environmen
tally Responsible Economics
One of the greatest success
stories to come after Earth Day
1990 is the increase in recycling
Will Nmon, of E magazine, noles
that the number of American
communities with recycling pro
grams increased from 600 in
1988 to around 6,600 now
Americans have also conim
ued to join the ranks ot environ
mental organizations Member
ship in such groups as the Sierra
Club, Greenpeace and the
National Wildlife Federation has
surged.
For example, according to
Rolling Stone , the Sierra Club’s
membership tripled in the 1980s,
and by 1 f>90 there were atvout 10
million dues-paying members of
various environmental organiza
tions in the U S
Also by Earth Day 1990. U S
News and World Report notes
that the amount of protected fed
eral parklands has significantly
expanded In Alaska, 45 million
acres were added. Another 2 mil
lion acres of protected land was
added throughout the rest ol the
U.S.
As Earth Day's 25-year
anniversary approaches, suc
cesses of past Earth Days can
serve as models for this year and
for future events
Melissa Can tick Stars
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